{"product_id":"p7849","title":"Bizen-ware Burgundy-style \"Doryu\" (clay-flow) sesame-glaze sake cup","description":"Drawing on his background in sculpture, this is a Bizen \"Burgundy clay flowing sesame\" sake cup by Izuru Yamamoto, a piece that pursues a new sense of sculptural beauty within a traditional style.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt comes with a biographical record of his ceramic career up to 2007, suggesting it was produced around that time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis sake cup belongs to the \"Burgundy Clay\" series, a project the artist has been energetically pursuing since his fateful encounter with the soil of the Burgundy region of France in 1993.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAs the title \"Nagare-Goma\" (Flowing Sesame) suggests, a large amount of sesame glaze adheres to the entire piece, creating a smooth texture almost like glass.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe clay itself has a different character from standard Bizen clay; it reacts to intense firing, with a natural black tone leaching from the surface to create a mysterious earthen quality.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCombined with its smooth texture and the well-proportioned form characteristic of Yamamoto's Bizen work, it is a piece you will want to keep in your palm forever.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is an unused item that was carefully stored after being purchased new.\n\nOriginal wooden box (Shiho-san)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 6.8cm × 6.8cm × Height 6.0cm\n\nIzuru Yamamoto is the fourth son of Living National Treasure Toshu Yamamoto.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from the Musashino Art University Department of Sculpture in 1967 and its advanced course the following year, he studied sculpture at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris for two years.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nUpon returning to Japan, he began studying under his father in 1970 to pursue ceramics, and established his own kiln in 1975.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe creates his work using techniques he developed himself, such as \"tatakikomi\" (beating in), \"shussai\" (Izuru-style coloring), and \"tsukiage\" (stacking), where clay is formed into sheets and layered.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe became a full member of the Japan Kōgei Association in 1979.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe received the Encouragement Award at the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition in 1980 and the Kaneshige Toyo Award in 1985.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1997, he received the Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award and participated in the Bizen Ware Paris Exhibition.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2002, he won the Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Prize at the Tea Ceremony Modeling Exhibition for his \"Stacked Flower Vase\" made with a mixture of French Burgundy clay.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2012, he was designated as a holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property by Okayama Prefecture.","brand":"山本 出","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618211582049,"sku":"7849","price":11000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7849.jpg?v=1790233358","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p7849","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}